Case Studies

The Agripolis case study is located within the Agripolis Campus of the University of Padua and represents an experimental nature-based solution foc

Agroforestry in Tuscany links farm practice and research to build climate resilience.

In the 1950s–60s, the Alzette floodplain was straightened for intensive agriculture, reducing water retention and ecological value.

The Alzette river restoration at “Am Brill” (Schifflange) reversed earlier channelisation that had uniformised the river and impoverished habitats.

Aquifer recharge with highly polished treated effluents.

Augustenborg’s Botanical Roof Garden is a large, publicly accessible green roof complex built within the Eco-city Augustenborg regeneration in Malm

The Babina polder (~2,100 ha) was reconnected to the Danube in 1994, with recovery monitored by the Danube Delta National Institute.

This is a traditional practice in the Baixo Vouga Lagunar Area (Aveiro District, Vouga River Estuary, Portugal), since 19th century in order to pro

Barking Riverside piloted an ecomimicry approach to green roofs to conserve a regionally important brownfield invertebrate community, including tar

The case is in the Padrťské rybníky area on the Klabava stream, inside the Brdy Protected Landscape Area, Czechia.

Low-tech regeneration of functional processes in waterways and wetlands based on beaver ecology and differentiated management of driftwood and wood

Sponge Scapes case study 12 IT

Sponge Scapes case study 03 FR

The Aa of Weerijs pilot tests how Nature-based Solutions can build drought resilience in a flat, sandy catchment between Flanders and Noord-Brabant

Groundwork London, with Hammersmith & Fulham Council, delivered the LIFE+ “Climate-Proofing Social Housing Landscapes” programme (2013–Sep 2016

Liberty Island (Szabadság-sziget) lies north of Mohács on the Danube’s left bank; it is ~3 km long, 150–200 m wide and 47 ha, strictly protected wi

The BIOMURA project (LIFE06 NAT/SI/000066, 2006–2011) focused on conserving four Annex I habitat types along the Mura River in eastern Slovenia.

The project aimed to create suitable conditions for protecting and conserving species and habitats at Lake Cerknica, Slovenia’s largest intermitten

On the Lower Danube between Silistra and Brăila, the LIFE project RESTOREWETLANDS (LIFE06 NAT/RO/000172) ran from 2006–2011 (eligible budget €1,017

Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) implemented Bulgaria’s first constructed wetland in Vidrare (Pravets) to treat domestic wastewater from

The intensive urban development of the Bezannes joint development zone (ZAC), near Reims, has led to the artificialization of 172 hectares of land,

Ireland is testing a practical pathway to move even-aged Sitka spruce away from clearfell toward Continuous Cover Forestry.

This case study documents applied research in Flanders that tested and scaled controlled drainage and simple adjustable weirs on arable land.

This case study documents a long-term Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF) experiment on a 16 ha steep arable field operated by the Slovak University o